This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.

Life returns to normal in Cotonou, Benin, after loyalist forces, with Nigerian help, thwarted a coup attempt against ...

Loyalist troops aided by Nigeria’s air force foiled putsch, but confidence in nation’s democratic stability is shaken.

Five people are lined up before Chantal Dagah's newsstand in Benin's economic capital, Cotonou, a sure sign of trouble.

Benin's Foreign Minister reveals Nigeria's crucial military support was requested to thwart a recent coup attempt, preventing ...

The Benin events mark the third coup attempt and first failed coup this year in the Sahel region. There have been 17 coup attempts in Africa since 2020, including 11 successful coups. This makes the ...

Across Cotonou, a bustling city on the Atlantic Ocean, it was a remarkably normal Monday after the coup attempt:vendors ...

The Beninese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olushegun Adjadi Bakar, said the events in Benin a few days ago proved that ...

Benin Republic’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olushegun Bakari, has disclosed how his country urgently called on Nigeria and other ECOWAS states for military support to foil last Sunday’s coup attempt ...

Consortium Touristes Par Million Au Benin (CTM-Benin), the organised tourism private sector of Benin Republic, has opened ...

A lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Nile University, Abuja, Abdulrazak Ibrahim, has warned that Nigeria could ...

APC’s Dayo Israel faulted Wole Soyinka’s criticism of Seyi Tinubu’s security, saying Seyi’s public engagements increased his ...